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Thursday, January 29, 2009

I know, I know, this has got to be the longest stretch I've gone without blogging! I was in 'retreat mode' for about 3 weeks and since then, I haven't been spending much time in the kitchen at all (or on the Internet for that matter) so no exciting discoveries or new recipes to report. Plus, things continue to be quite intense around here, with another move in the somewhat near future. Yikes!

BUT I haven't forgotten about the 'Name Your Fave' Draw! If you recall, to mark the 2nd anniversary of The Sunny Raw Kitchen and as a small 'Thanks!' to you, my dear readers, I decided to give away two of my recipe ebooks. To enter the contest, all you had to do is tell us which are your 3 favorite recipes posted on this blog.

Congrats to Velvet and Katy! You will each receive your ebook of choice as soon as you contact me with your email address! You can do so by leaving me a comment (no worries, I won't publish it!) or sending me an email to: sunnyrawkitchen@gmail.com

Friday, January 2, 2009

Today marks the second anniversary of The Sunny Raw Kitchen! Woo hoo!!! *doing the happy dance*

A Short Recap
It's been an extremely event-full and, yes, challenging year in many ways for me. Come to think of it, it seems that things have been happening in two's... After spending a number of years at the same spot, I moved not once but twice in 4 months, my dear Heathy came for a visit in September then again in December, I did two Vipassana meditation retreats, went on two major road trips, and lastly, I published two ebooks, The Best of Raw Freedom Community and Just Desserts.

Feedback From the Online Raw Community
This year, I have received honors I would never have dreamed of! I was given the Inspirational Blogger Award and Creative Blogger Award, and was featured as one of the Favourite Raw Chefs of 2008 in Raw Pleasure Australia's December newsletter.

I was also nominated five times for Best of RAW 2008 and I am beyond thrilled and honored to confirm that I qualified in 3 categories! My Sunny Raw Kitchen blog was voted 3rd Best Raw Vegan Website as well as 5th Best Raw Vegan Media while I came 6th place as Best Raw Vegan Chef. (The other 2 categories were Best Raw Vegan Educator and Best Raw Book with The Best of Raw Freedom Community.)

Wowsers! I was content with being nominated and didn't expect to end up among the finalists, right alongside raw food well-known personalities such as Ani Phyo, Cherie Soria, David Wolfe and Nomi Shannon!

My heart-felt thanks to all those who have given me their votes of confidence and to my dear readers who have been dropping by this virtual kitchen over the last couple of years. It wouldn't be the cozy and fun place that it is if it wasn't for you!

My Favorites of 2008
At the beginning of a brand new year, one is naturally moved to reminisce about what's happened in the last 12 months: the good, the bad, and in my case, the yummy. (Yah, yah, I know I'm a bit food obsessed! lol) So I thought I'd share some of my favorite recipes of 2008. I always find it difficult to stick to a select few, but I exercised great discipline and managed to come up with the following. You may recognize a few from last year's list, but these are all staples that I have been making over and over again.

I know Heathy loves that sorta thing too so I'm handing the ball over to her. I'm dying to find out your fave recipes of the year, dearie!

Away From The Kitchen
Sorry to have to say it, but I won't be blogging for a while, as I'm getting ready to leave for another Vipassana retreat. Can't think of a better way to start the new year! I'm looking forward to the opportunity to plough through (and hopefully release) yet more layers of 'sankhara' or mental conditioning. But before I go, I decided to leave you on a fun note!

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